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Capt. W. W. Yellowlees MC.. Army 5th Btn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Anne Yenuzaites . Land Army
Writer Arthur William Young . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
Odinary Coder Edwin Gordon Young . Royal Navy HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
Coder Edwin Gordon Young . Royal Navy HMS Forfar from Dunfermline)
(d.2nd Dec1940)
My uncle, Edwin Gordon Young lost his life when HMS Forfar was torpedoed. He was 21 years old and prior to his call up he had been a footballer with Falkirk FC. He grew up in Dunfermline and attended Queen Anne junior high school.He had three siblings Janet(Nettie) my mother Annie(nan) and David the youngest and was survived by his mother Jenny and father Thomas, who had served with the Gordon Highlanders in the great war, hence Edwin Gordon Young. From all I can gather my grandparents never really recovered from his loss.Though I guess this is just one small tradgedy in the huge tapestry of WW2. I believe he was awarded three medals, still held by brother Peter.
Chief Steward Ernest John Young . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
Geoffrey Francis Young . Army 16th Medium Regiment, 107bty. Royal Artillery from Wrexham)
(d.8th Feb 1945)
Geoffery Francis Young was in a reserved occupation as a driver for a local delivery firm in Wrexham and did not have to join, but as many of his mates where already in the forces and being early 1945 the war seemed in its final stages he decided to see out the last stages of the war in uniform. Enlisting in early 1945 he soon found himself as a gunner in 107 Battery, 16th Med Regt (The South Notts. Hussars), Royal Artillery.
By this stage of the war UK forces were seriously depleted with little reserve left to replace 5 years worth of casualties and so within weeks of joining (and according to his letters only receiving only brief on the job training) Geoff was in Holland preparing for "operation veritable" the big push over the Rhine.
Operation Veritable lasted from Feb 8th to March 10th 1945 and was the northern part of the Second World War pincer movement by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group with the objective to clear the land between the Rhine and Roer rivers. General Eisenhower, the Allied Commander, had decided that the best route into Germany would be across the relatively flat lands of northern Europe. This required that Allied forces should close up to the Rhine along its whole length.
Operation Veritable began at 05:00 with an artillery support of over 1000 artillery pieces (not including bofors and anti-tank guns). The initial barrage lasted for over 5 hours with a mixture of destructive firepower on enemy defences interspersed with a build up of smoke to assist the infantry advance.
107 were in constant action throughout the operation but sometime during the 8th of Feb 1945, Geoff as one of a crew of 10 manning a 5.5" gun was positioned somewhere near Kerzenheim on the German border when a USAAF plane mistook them for an enemy position and dropped bombs on their position. Two 5.5 guns were destroyed, 10 men including Geoff were killed and 8 wounded.
Geoffery Francis Young was buried at Uden war cemetery aged 19.
Iris Young . Land Army from Croydon, Surrey)
My mother Iris Young served in the Womens Land Army from the 9th February 1946 to 19th March 1948, she left to get married, is there anybody out there who remembers her, i am looking for any old photos of my mother when she was in the WLA. Would love to know where she was stationed while she was in the WLA, any stories about her life then. I do know she met my father while they were both in the Army.
Ord. Seaman J. Young . Royal Navy HMS Forfar
J. Young was a survivor of the sinking of HMS Forfar.
Trimmer John Moore Young . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar from Glasgow, Scotland)
(d.2nd Dec 1940)
F/O Peter Henry Wilson Young . RAF 626 Squadron
Sargent Richard E Young . US Army 327 GIR Company G 101st Airborne
My dad, Sgt. Richard E. Young of the 101st Airborne 327 GIR. Company G was captured at Marvie near Bastogne either the 23rd or 24th of December. I know he was taken to Limburg Germany but that is about all I can come up with. He was with Lieutenant Morrison at Hill 500 when he was captured late in the afternoon or evening. I am looking for the group of Germans who captured them. I think I can find out through the literature I have gathered. There are very few of his company left.
Has anyone heard of Hill 500? I would like to go to Germany someday and trace his footsteps as much as I can.
As far as information about Stalag 12a, I found information on my dad from the National Archives in Washington DC. The National Archives has since moved to Baltimore I believe.
My dad was also at Carantan with the 101st where they were in a heck of a fight. The Sargent was hit by a mortar and Dad took over.
I would like to know how and when my dad and the prisoners at Limburg in Stalag 12a were liberated.
Sargent Richard E Young . US Army 327 GIR Company G 101st Airborne
My dad, Sgt. Richard E. Young of the 101st Airborne 327 GIR. Company G was captured at Marvie near Bastogne either the 23rd or 24th of December. I know he was taken to Limburg Germany but that is about all I can come up with. He was with Lieutenant Morrison at Hill 500 when he was captured late in the afternoon or evening. I am looking for the group of Germans who captured them. I think I can find out through the literature I have gathered. There are very few of his company left.
Has anyone heard of Hill 500? I would like to go to Germany someday and trace his footsteps as much as I can.
As far as information about Stalag 12a, I found information on my dad from the National Archives in Washington DC. The National Archives has since moved to Baltimore I believe.
My dad was also at Carantan with the 101st where they were in a heck of a fight. The Sargent was hit by a mortar and Dad took over.
I would like to know how and when my dad and the prisoners at Limburg in Stalag 12a were liberated.
Flight Sergeant Sydney James Herbert Young . RAAF No 10 Radio School
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